TRI (Totally Radical Improvement) - Clydes/Athenas to competitors - Re-Opened (Page 10)

About to head out on the long drive to Hyannis MA ... marathon tomorrow and the weather they are calling for sounds "frightful" hopefully the race goes off so I can notch this 26.2 ... will be back Monday guys have a great weekend!

Got this from the race director ...

Hola Hyannis Runnahs:

I have had a conference with the Barnstable Police Department this morning and we have decided to hold off until 4:00pm on Saturday to make a decision. The Snow on the Cape is expected to be light with rain but there is a possibility of very high winds - as high as 50 miles per hour and this would be my reason for canceling the event.

So please be on the look out for an email just after 4:00pm tomorrow and a post on the website and facebook page SOON THEREAFTER.

The Hanlon Shoe 5Km Fun Run is on for tonight with Boston Marathon Winners Bill Rodgers & Greg Meyers and then pizza and refreshments @ Palio Pizzeria as is the Race Expo tomorrow with The Hoyts, Bill Rodgers & Greg Meyers and where you can get some great deals with our vendors as well as pick up your tee and bib (yes you can pick up for others).

You need to wait for the email or postings on Facebook and the website. I can not return everyones personal email as much as I would like to (and have been:>...I have to continue setting up for the event as a go as of this email.

I understand some of you are traveling but this is a winter event and these kind of wintry projections do happen often in February in the Northeast and this is not the first time we have had these kind of wintry projections for Hyannis over my past 13 years as event director as many of you know:> You need to use your own best judgement for you this weekend.

Many have trained very hard for the marathon as a qualifier for the Boston Marathon or either race as a personal favorite-we take this very seriously.

Cheers
Paulie

Cool Morning 40 degrees, I know not like what you are dealing with Paul, Anyway had a good ride and run. 

Had a good Sunday afternoon ride, about 70 degrees here, with 18 mph winds.  May have been the fastest 12.4 mile ride I've done.  Very pleased, especially with the winds.

Another solid, if unspectacular week for me. 2nd week in a row, and 3 out of the last 4,  above 8 hours training. So I think that I can safely say that I'm back into the swing of things now after the post HIM break. 

For this coming week my goals are to step up the training slightly, hopping for around 9 hours, and to focus more on my diet. I've logged everything last week, but I need to focus more on the quality, and make sure that I'm hitting my target more often. The weekend was not good... 

So what happened with your marathon paul? Hope it went well. 

I had steady improvements with my training last week too. I went to a masters swim lesson for beginners that was helpful. I have changed my schedule so that I will swim on M W F, really trying to get 3 swims in a week. I have not managed to do it yet, but I am pretty determined that this will be my first week to accomplish it.  I did get 3 runs in and 4 bike workouts. On Saturday I went on a long bike ride followed by a run. I had planned on riding 20 miles but had to cut it off a little short at 15 miles, not because of fatigue, but due to my rear end hurting so bad. I thought the more time I spent in the saddle I would eventually get used to it. But now I have concluded that my butt and current saddle are not compatible.  I purchased a new Selle Italia SLR T1 Gel Saddle and I am hoping the extra gel will make for a more comfortable ride.

Last night I baked 5 fish fillets. The fish along with microwave steamable vegetables will be my lunches for the week. It all about eliminating the excuses. Last week, I caved in and went in ate chicken wings when I was asked at work to go out for lunch. Its not going to happen this week.

-matt

Came back yesterday - worked today ...

My legs are sore heck, knees are back to normal, hips somewhat sore.

The marathon was brutal - if you want to check out how it went I wrote a race recap.

Plan to swim Wednesday and spend some time on the forums catching up - going to lay on the couch now and keep my feet up (as long as my kids will allow me) ... can't say I am ecstatic about my time but I am overjoyed that I crossed that line.

Hyannis Marathon Recap    

Had some issues the last few days - not fitness related ...

My kitchen ceiling changed color and then started dripping - seems the radiator in our upstairs bathroom had a crack at a connection in the floor (my house was built in 1927) ... so to fix it they had to open up the ceiling - figures this happens less than a year AFTER we redid our kitchen ... ugh.

Got a nice swim in today and a bike ride yesterday.  Finally got around to uploading my February workouts but for some reason it does not include any of my weight work ... weird - will try to figure that out.  Going to make some calls now for a drywall guy because I am just inept with that type of thing.   

I have had a busy few weeks, both through work (today is day 16 in a row without a day) and family, it's been my Aunts 60th this weekend, so family from out of town have been staying, resulting in several BBQ's, and too much good food and drink at times. 

I've tried to keep on top of things as far as diet, and workouts go. But if I'm honest, haven't hit my targets. 

Despite all that, I was able to manage a solid week of 8 hours training, less than I was aiming at, but still acceptable given the circumstances. Over all, 2:10 running, 5:10 on the bike, and 40min swimming.

This week I have a sprint tri penciled in for Sunday, so depending on how I'm feeling latter in the week I'll give that a go. I'm only interested if I feel I can set a PR. Which I should, if I get over the tiredness.  

So this week will be a bit of a cut back week, which after 3 weeks of 8 hours plus I need. And all going well, on Wednesday or Thursday I'll be nice and rested again, and amping up to go do my 2nd tri of the year!

Great work on your marathon Paul! that's awesome work getting the job done under those circumstances. 

Keep up the good work everyone! 

Ahhh... almost forgot. 

Had a little bit of a break through swim today. For the first time since last summer, today I was able to swim 100m sets in less than 1:40/100. 

I'm not sure why exactly, I'm not swimming any more than I have been over the last few months. But for whatever reason, I'm happy. Long may it continue. 

Well I've been SUPER busy lately.. I've been keeping up with my training for the most part though. Sorry I haven't updated here. I've been keeping up with reading on you guys, just havent had time to post.

I've updated my training plan to start my olympic tri training. The sprint program wasnt challenging me and as I looked ahead it wasnt going to get much harder, so I started on my Oly plan. This works out good because now I will be done with my plan the week before my Oly tri. I'm on my fourth week, so it is a recovery week with really reduced training times. This works out perfect because I'm sore from my first race!

Saturday morning after I got off work I went with my wife to do Extreme Rampage! It was FREEZING but it was a blast. 28*F and snow are not ideal conditions for a mud run, but it was still a blast!

Here is my race report: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=479709

Kim, I know you are going through a rough time right now, just try to stick with it. It gets a lot easier to do your workouts once you start seeing good results.

Mitzi, keep up the good work! Four weeks is a long time, you'll be able to do the workouts fine when your training plan starts!

I went on a brutal bike/run yesterday in the howling wind. That was the first time I have ridden under those conditions.  I was really feeling it afterwards.

I am looking forward to this weekend. I will compete in my first ever sprint tri. I am about as prepared as you can be for someone who has only been swimming and biking for 8 weeks. Although I am a little discouraged after seeing Bulfrog's 1:40/100m time. Its a 300 meter swim. I did 4 sets of 300m on my last swim workout and had times between 7:10 and 7:20. So it was like a 2:20/100m. I hope I am not the slowest in the pool. Overall I was hoping to finish midpack, we'll see, should be a lot of fun.

MTravis:  Good luck on your Sprint Tri.  Don't worry, you will not be the slowest person on the swim, believe you me.  Just focus on enjoying yourself, completing each segment to the best of your ability and you should be okay.  Adrenaline usually kicks in and more times than not, helps improve your time.

Paul:  Your determination is incredible, through rain, sleet snow, (and still delivering on Saturday).  :-)

It's been a while since I have been here, still been trying to get my routine down straight and everything in place.  I had to take off time to meet other obligations, but believe that I will be able to make adjustments and still train going forward.  I had forgotten how difficult start-up can be, and I hope to never go through this again.

Decided to start officially this week (today), however, continued to do workouts sporadically to work out the remaining kinks in getting my equipment, schedule in order. 

• Tuesday - dug my hybrid bike out of storage, had it serviced
• Wednesday - Did weight training and spin routine
• Thursday - Did swim 500yd/750 (1st gym undergoing renovation; 2nd gym got there with only 30 min left to closing)
• Friday - Did weight training / yoga
• Saturday - NY Cycling Club bike classification run - 18.3 in Central Park (hybrid bike giving issues took me 2+ hours to get in done, may not be able to join the riding group due to slow speed, believe that slow speed is due to fat tire bike)
• Sunday - NY Road Runners Road Race - 5K
• Monday (today) - bike 6mi/15mi; swim 750yds / 750

I am 'hella' slow on all three fronts, and seeing Paul's routine is intimidating and inspiring.  Hate the fact I took off 18 months, did nothing, and lost all the gains I made over the 2-3 years before the sabbatical.  Actually started doubting that I could do the Olympic in July, but I am determined to compete.  Will update my training blog, after I get some sleep. 

Later guys

In honor of Mike's first sprint this weekend ...

The Swim Start